Aggregate spreader



June 25, 1935. F. HURT 2,005,896 AGGREGATE SPREADER Filed Nov. 19, 1952 6 Sheets-Sheet 1 (Ittorneg June 25, 1935. F. B. HURT AGGREGATE SPREADER 6 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 19, 1932 Enventor Frank .5. H1117 June 25, 1935. F. B. HURT AGGREGATE SPREADER Filed Nov. 19, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 3nventor Frank .5. Huff (Ittorneg June 25, 1935. F. B. HURT AGGREGATE SPREADER Filed Nov. 19, 1952 6 Sheets-Sheet 4 Bmaentor Frank B. Hurf (Ittorneg June 25, 1935. 2,005,896

F. B. HURT AGGREGATE SPREADER Filed Nov. 19, 1952 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 Ennentor hwy/1 Gttorneg June 25, 1935.

F. B. HURT AGGREGATE SPREADER Filed Nov. 19, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 3nnentor Frank .5. Hurl By W (Ittorneg Patented June 25, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AGGREGATE SPREADER Frank B. Hurt, La Grande, Oreg. Application November 19, 1932, SerialNo. 643,432

9 Claims. (01. 275-14) My invention relates to spreader heads to be Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, side view, of a truck used for the spreading of aggregates carried and and of the truck body. The truck body is shown delivered by standard truck bodies, into the elevated. In this view is shown an end view of spreader head that is to be attached thereto. my aggregate preader head attached thereto.

My invention is primarily comprised of a g. 2 is a fragmenta y, Sectional, Side View Of 5 spreader head fabricated from standard struct t k y d s me and illustrates the tural members, Thi f bri t d assembly is body in loweredposition. This view shows a secadapted for being placed upon and secured to, i n l, end v w .of my imp v aggregate the rear end of a standard truckbody of motor pread r head attached thereto.

vehicles. The invention may be adapted to the ,Fig. 3 is a rear, end view, pa y in Section Of 10 motor vehicle bodywhere the rear end gate of a p on the truck y and e reel View the truck is used or it may be so made that one Pa y in Section Of One Of y aggregate wall of the spreader head will form the rear end spreader e ds illustrate as connected t the gate of the truck. truck body.

1 My invention is adapted for spreading the F fl is a p p Side V w Of the v 5 shoulders only, of the roadway or for spreading a quadrant ass ly used for manually one side only, oi the roadway. It is also adapted m t ns the u e ate of the sp ead r for laying thicker coats of aggregate upon a part h adi i width of the roadway than other part widths of T g- 5 is e pe e S View Of the levers and the roadway of. the shaft to which the same are to be attached 20 One of the objects of my invention consists in felinehiieliy m p ing and settin the Closure providing a spreader head that will spread the g te 1' the preader heeddesired thickness of material upon the roadway 6 iS a P p ve, Side View Ofthe lever and one that will spread the entire load of the t be u e in the pu a f the l sur at truck in a uniform and desired thickness upon the d illustrating t shaft which the Same is 25 roadway, I to be attached bysuitable key connections.

A still further object of my invention consists Fig. 7 is reei', end View Of the assembly illusin so'constructing the spreader head that it may tratihg the Same partially n Section be used for the spreading of the aggregate upon 8 is aidiegremmatieel layout o adjustable the roadway without the use of other attendants disposed withihthe p der head, illustrat- 30 than the truck dri er, ing suitable adjustments for limiting the material And a still further object of my invention cont w from n Side only, of the Spreader head. sists in providing a spreader head attachment F 9 S e p p rear, side we the end adapted for placement upon any and all standard a and an sp t v end v w f the spreader trucks with a minimum of time delay and having heeid- 35 a, maximum aggregate spreading it Fig. 10 is a perspective, rear,.side view of one of And astill further object of my invention cont Connector plates that is ,a 0 being sists in so constructing the spreader head that used in Conjunction w the e end e illusthe desired thickness of aggregate may be detrailed in 9, and for adapting t Same t0 the 40 livered upon the roadway, while the truck is being real end of the truck b y when the d a e is o 0 backed over the road and upon which the binding less Width than that of the rear end of thetruck agent has been previously laid. body. l

And a still further object of my invention con- 11 is a p p v d V ew Of the bottom sists in so constructing the rear end gate of the plate used in connecting the assembly, illustrated spreader head that the desired thickness of agin the truck i gregates may be delivered upon the roadway. Fig; 12 is a perspective, rear view of a filler plate With these and incidental objects in view, the thatis usedin adapting the rear end'gate asseminvention consists in certain novel features of bly illustratedin Fig. 9, to the truck body. construction and combination of parts, the Fig. 13 is a perspectivQplan view ofa top plate 0 essential elements of which are set forthin the being usedin conjunction with the channel bar apperided claims, and a preferred form of emillustrated in Fig. 12. i bodiment of which is hereinafter shown with Fig.14 is a fragmentary, sectional, side view of reference to the drawings which accompany and the rear end ofthe truck and illustrates the bar form a part of this specification. shown in Fig. 11 as being indirectly attached to In the drawings: the rear angle bar ofthe truck by the placing of 55 spreader washers therebetween and having a fastening bolt extending therethrough.

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary, side view of the rear end of the truck and of the truck body and illustrating the truck body raised and the spreader head secured and attached thereto. In this view the rear end gate of the truck body is used as the rear end gate of the truck. Suitable bolts are used for adapting the spreader head to the truck body.

Fig. 16 is the same mechanism as illustrated in Fig. 15, excepting that the truck body has been lowered. The wings are shown secured to the rear end gate to prevent the side flow of the materials when the rear end gate has been extended.

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary, side view of the discharge gate assembly used upon the preferred embodiment of the spreader, head.

Fig. 18 is a rear end view of the truck body and a fragmentary, and a partially sectional, end view gf Cthe spreader head shown attached to the truck Fig. 19 is a view of the hopper and spreader as viewed from the interior of the truck looking rearwardly.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

My invention is particularly adapted and used 1n the spreading of aggregates to form the top coating, or the top layers of roadways. The aggregate is delivered from a truck body I The truck body is adapted for being carried upon the frame 2 of the automobile truck. The truck body is adapted for being power raised about a center ournal support .1, in order that the aggregates, to be spread, will flow by gravity from the rear end of the truck body directly into the spreader head.

In work of this kind it is generally desired to spread a width of aggregate that is greater than the totaltread of the truck tires and of awidth that is substantially greater than the width of the truck body. In order to accomplish this it is necessary that the point of discharge of the spreader head should be of maximum width that s glieater than the over all width of the truck 1 se Since the truckbody is to be tilted at a very substantial angle to the horizontal, the end gate of the truck, or the front Wall of the spreader head should be sufficiently strong to carry the thrust of theaggregate load thereupon, when the truck body is tilted so that the aggregates will flow therefrom by gravity into'the spreader head.

In the drawings I have illustrated a spreader head that maybe adapted to the rear end of the truck body and upon. which the spreader head is removably attached, so that the. rear end gate of the truck body may be used as the wall of the spreader-head.

I' have also shown the spreader head as being formed of acomplete assembled unit. When this assembly is used the normal rear end gate of the truck is removed and the spreader head serves as the rear end gate of the truck assembly. I therefore donotwishto be-limited in the application of my device to either form of construction asit may be used with. equal. facility in both forms. 4

I preferably form my spreader. head and fabricate "the same fromv structural members. A bottom plate 4 is used. and a: lip. 5 of the bottom plate 1 0 positioned that the top surfac of. the same; will be substantially in line:with-.th P- face of the bottom plate 1 of the truck body. An angle bar 8 is adapted to the cross beams 9 of the truck and the same is removably secured thereto through the use of any fastening bolts It]. A top plate H is spaced apart sufficiently from the bottom plate 4 to permit a free flowing of the aggregates from the truck body into the spreader head formed by the spaced bottom plate 4, and the top plate II. The top plate is upturned, as illustrated at 82, and the same is raised sufiiciently in height to'form the rear end gate of the truck. Structural stiffening members [3 are secured to the plate l2, as by being welded thereto and the fastening eye-bolt l4 runs through the rear end gate and the same is fixed relative to the bolt, as through the use of one or more nuts l5. The eye-bolt I4 is hingedly disposed about a cross rod, it that is disposed transversely of the 7 top of the bed of the truck.

An end gate ll is adapted to the rear wall of the spreader head. A lip 18 downwardly extends from the bottom plate 4 and a slit I9 is disposed in upwardly extending brackets 20, so that the end gate may be raised and lowered and positioned in precise position.

It is desired in a spreader of this type that a coating of spread aggregate should be substantially wider than the over all tread width of the truck tire in order that the aggregate spread may be deposited upon the binding agent in advance of the truck tire passing thereover. It is also found desirable to vary the thickness of the coating of aggregates from one side of the road to the other and also to limit the width and to predetermine the position of deposit of the layer of aggregates to be spread. It is also highly desirable to place a coating of greater width than that of the truck body and that of the over all width of the truck wheels, also.

I have found it highly desirable to place flow diaphragms 2i andsecure the same as desired to the top and bottom plates II and 4 respectively.

In order that these flow diaphragms may be precisely positioned to meet the requirements of the specification, I provide slots 22 within the bottom plates and slots 23 within the top plates and suitable fastening bolts 24 pass through the webs of the flow diaphragms and through the respective plates in order that the flow diaphragms may be positioned to desired placement.

The diaphragms toward the outside of the spreader head, when positioned as shown, create an undesirable space between their upper ends and the spillway of the truck bodyproper, through which space the aggregate would be free to flow into any of the channels formed by the diaphragms. To correct this .diificulty, I provide extension plates MA (see Figure 13) which are adjustably mounted to the ends of the diaphragm by means of bolts 24B.

The angle bar 8 has a plurality of slots 25 disposed therein in order that the angle bar may be positioned relative to the bottom. plate I of the truck body and so that the bottom plate 4 of the spreader head may be precisely positioned in elevation relative to the bottom plate I of the truckbody;

In order to accommodate for the various widths of trucks angle bars 26 and.v 21, as illustrated in Fig. 3, are secured to the outside of the truck frame, or body, and the end walls. 28 and 29 of the spreader head form lips 30 and 3 i disposed at their upper ends. Fastening bolts 32 and 33 pass through the lips and. through the angle bars and secure the twotogether.

plate only, atthe ends which ismade to pass through the slits of the end plates.

A handmanipulative arm .38 is rockably disposed upon the shaft 34. The arm 38 has a foot 39 that outwardly extends from its base., The foot 39 passes through an opening 40 disposed within the gate plate and as the arm 38 is hand manipulated, the foot 39 is raised and lowered and simultaneously therewith the end gate I1 is raised and lowered, within the guideway 19. A quadrant H is secured to the arm 38, as byjbeing riveted thereto as shown at 42.

Referring to Figs. 4, 5 and 6, arm 43 is keyed or otherwise seemed to the shaft 34, and locking lever 44 is keyed, or otherwise secured to the shaft 34. The arm 38 is positioned relative to the lever 44 by a locking bolt upon the latter, functioning in conjunction with the quadrant 4|. A link 46 connects the locking bolt with a hand release 41. The manipulation of the hand release 47 releases the locking bolt from the quadrant 4| and permits adjustment of the relative position of arm 38 with looking lever 44.

Relative variation of the depth of opening may be created within the spreader head-by adjusting the relative position of the arm38 and the arm 43 by means of locking lever 44. The raising and lowering of the gate is accomplished by the manual actuation of either of the arms 38 or 43. p

A shaft 48 is disposed longitudinally of the spreader head and is preferably placed on the top of the same. A pawl 49 is mounted upon the shaft 48, and is adapted to coact with the quadrant 50 carried by the arm 43 to positively position shaft 34 and end gate [1. A reacting element, as a coil spring 5|, normally maintains the pawl inregistry engagement with the quadrant 50. The pawl 49 has an arm 52 upwardly extending therefrom to permit manipulation from one end of the spreader head, and an arm 53 is secured to the oppositely disposed end of the shaft 48 to permit manipulation from the corresponding end of the spreader head.

This construction enables a layer of aggregate of desired thickness or of desired variation of thickness, from one side to the other, to be discharged from the spreader head, and permits manipulation of the end gate from either end of the spreader head.

Where my spreader head is to be used in conjunction with a truck where the end gate of the truck is not removed from the truck, the device will be made as illustrated particularly in Figs. 15 and 16; When so made I provide wings 54 and 55 and secure the same to the rear end gate of the truck by any suitable fastening means as through the use of rivets 56. The wings are so positioned that they engage the inside wall 51 of the oppositely disposed sides of the truck body.

I place brackets 58 upon the outside of the truck body and secure the brackets to the body of the truck, through the use of fastening bolts 59. Rods 60 and BI pass through the brackets and through the upturned angle 62 of the spreader head. In order to form compression and tension members of both of the rods 60 and 6|, I thread each end of the rods and place a pair of nuts thereupon, one pair of the nuts being made to engage the oppositely disposed sides of the bracket 58 and the other pair' of nuts being placedon J the oppositely disposed sides of the angle 62.

The rear end gate of the truck is locked and released in the usual manner by the trip 63.

The end gate of the spreader head may be made, as illustrated in Figs. 15 to 17 inclusive. When so made the end gate 64 is removably secured to the quadrant carrying gate supporting members 65 and 66. The respective ends of the plate may be positioned by the hand lever 61 and by the pawl 68 relative to the quadrants disposed upon the quadrant carrying gatesupporting members 65 and 66. This positions the lip 69 of the gate relative to the discharge point 10 of the bottom of the spreader head. Thereafter the gate as a whole may be hand manipulated, through the use of the hand manipulated lever ll.

The flow diaphragms 2| are formed with parallel slots 12. In order to stiffen the spreader head assembly, shoulder bolts 13 may be passed through thetop and bottom plates and nuts 14 and-15 be threadably secured to the oppositely disposed end of each of the bolts.

It is desirable at times to discharge the aggregate flowing through the spreader head over a portion of the roadway only, or at one side of the roadway. I accomplish this by placing one or more auxiliary plates 16 as illustrated in Fig. 8 within the stream of aggregates. This is best accomplished by engagement of flow diaphragms 2| disposed therebehind one upon the other, and the auxiliary plate 16 is made to cover a sufficient amount of the same. This predetermines the point of discharge of the remainder of the aggregate through the spreader head. The diephragms may be moved to the inactive positions by removing the bolts from their upper ends to permitswinging the diaphragms around the bolts at their lower ends.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to beunderstood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, in combination with a truck body, of a bottom plate and a top plate spaced apart, the bottom plate adapted for being detachably secured to the truck body and the top plate being upturned to form the rear end gate of the truck, end walls aflixed to the top and bottom plates and connecting them, structural stiffening members secured to that portion of. the top plate that forms the rear end gate, flow diaphragms adjustably disposed between the top and bottom plates, a gate disposed at the rear of the top and bottom plates, slits disposed within the end walls and through which the ends of the gate are disposed, manually manipulative means for imparting movement to the gate and longitudinally of the slits, and settable means for predetermining the initial position of the gate within the respective slits.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination with a truck and truck body, of a spreader head detachably attachable to the truck body, the length of the spreader head being equal to or greater than the overall width of the truck, the spreader head being comprised of top and bottom plates, spaced apart and adapted for being removably secured tothe truck body, end plates for the top and bottom plates, the top plate having a vertical extension adapted for forming the rear end gate of the truck, reinforcing structural members adapted' to the vertical extension of the top plate, means disposed between the top and bottom plates for distributing the stream of aggregates flowing from the truck body of uniform thickness over the entire length of the bottom plate, and settable means for predetermining the thickness of the stream of aggregates flowing from the spreader head and for increasing or' decreasing the thickness of the aggregate stream atone end of the spreader head relative to the other end of the spreader head.

3. Ina device of the class described, incombination with a spreader head having a top plate and a bottom plate, of an end gate for the spreader head, a shaft extending longitudinally of the bottom plate of the spreader head and journaled relative thereto, a quadrant fixedly secured to one end of the shaft, a hand manipulative arm, carrying a quadrant, rockably secured to the other end of the shaft, a locking lever keyed to the end of the shaft to which the hand lever is rockably disposed, a hand releasing locking bolt associated with the locking lever and adapted for coacting with the quadrant of the rockably disposed hand manipulative arm, a foot carried by each of the hand manipulative arms, an end gate, an opening disposed in the oppositely disposed ends of the end gate and through which the foot of each of the hand manipulative arms pass, a shaft disposed longitudinally of the spreader head and journaled relative tothe top plate of the spreader head, a locking pawl adapted for coacting with the quadrant that is secured to the hand manipulative arm that is fixedly secured to the shaft, means for normally maintaining the locking pawl in registry with the quadrant, and release arms associated with the oppositely disposed ends of the shaft.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of top and bottom plates spaced apart, the top plate being upturned and adapted for forming the rear end gate of a truck when attached thereto, structural stiffener members formed integral with the outer edges of the end gate forming part of the top plate, means associated with the top and bottom plates adapted for engaging the assembly with the rear end of a truck body, end plates for the top and bottom plates, a gate mounted upon the rear ends of the top and bottom plates, manually settable means for positioning the gate; and flow diaphragms spaced apart and extending between and secured to the top and bottom plates.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of top and bottom plates spaced apart, end plates for the top and bottom plates, the top plate upwardly extending to form the back end gate of a truck body when attached thereto, a settable pouring end gate mounted upon the rear ends of the top and bottom plates, manually settable means for positioning" the end gate, flow diaphragms settably positioned between the top and bottom plates and means for locking the flow di-aphragms relative to the top and bottom plates.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of top and bottom plates spaced apart, end plates for the top and bottom plates, the top plate being reinforced and formed to engage the rear end of truck body and to form the rear end gate thereof, an end gate mounted upon the rear of the top and bottom plates, manually settable means for positioning the end gate, flow plates spaced apart and adapted for engaging the top and bottom plates and adapted for being secured thereto.

'7. In a device of the class described, the combination of top and bottom plates spaced apart, end plates for the top and bottom plates, the top plate upwardly extending andadapted for forming the rear end gate of a dump body when attachedthereto, anend gate settably mounted upon the rear of the top and bottom plates and a plurality of spaced plates disposed between the top and the bottom plates and adapted for being adjustably attached to the top and the bottom plates.

8. In a device of the class described, in combination with an automotive dump body, of a closure member adapted for closing the major portion of the discharge end of the truck body, spaced top and bottom plates adJ-ustabl-y secured to the closure member, end plates for the top and bottom plates, flow diaphragms adjustably disposed between the respective top and bottom plates, and a discharge gate adapted for being manually manipulated and for predetermining the thickness of the stream of material flowing through the discharge gate and the positioning of the stream flow therethrough.

9. In a device of the class described, in combination with a truck and truck body, of a spreader head removably securable to the truck body, the overall length of the spreader head being substantially greater than the overall width of the truck body, the spreader head comprising top and bottom plates spaced apart by flow diaphragms adjustabl-y mounted therebetween to divide the stream of aggregates flowing from the truck body into a plurality of streams of equal volume, said diaphragms being pivoted at their lower ends to the top and bottom plates and ad'justably mountedto the topand bottom plates at their upper ends by means of arcuate slots formed in said plates to receive bolts extending through said diaphragms, whereby upon removal of said bolts the diaphragms may be swung into overlapping position to close ofi any of said streams, and means adaptable to direct the flow of aggregate to the open streams, said means including a bafiie plate adapted to lie across said overlapping diaphragms.

FRANK B. HURT. 

